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MichiFan87

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #84 on: June 21, 2019, 10:56:45 PM »
Louisville choked so Vanderbilt clinched their bid to the Championship Series, as well, tonight.

The announcers alluded to the Bo v Woody comparisons since Bakich was an assistant to Corbin, and while I certainly wouldn't expect a 1969 type upset, it would be strikingly similar in a way....
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #85 on: June 21, 2019, 11:53:12 PM »
I know a guy who was up there at the CWS earlier this week.  He reported that Michigan had the most tanned players of any team.

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Excellent tanning beds in Ann Arbor???

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #86 on: June 22, 2019, 12:48:05 AM »
Dudes who fake bake have to swipe their man cards at the door and don't get them back.
“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #87 on: June 22, 2019, 12:49:48 AM »
Wow, each of the first 5 pitchers Texas Tech used gave up multiple runs.  That's nasty.
“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #88 on: June 22, 2019, 01:34:28 AM »
Maybe you all just aren't used to seeing the ethnic diversity of in baseball like Michigan has..... I'm half-joking of course, but while Bakich's FSU in-game interview was probably a bit overblown, I looked at some of the other rosters of CWS teams, and most them had fewer minorities.

Supposedly Michigan also benefits from the fact that it has a strong need-based aid program for in-state students that apparently doesn't count against the scholarship limit, and apparently Nwogu's academic scholarship doesn't, either, though I could be wrong. Given Michigan's tuition costs, especially for out-of-state students, it's impressive that Michigan has been able to get the players that it has given the scholarship constraints in college baseball.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #90 on: June 24, 2019, 10:52:55 PM »
:86:
Excellent tanning beds in Ann Arbor???
Don't Michiganders get as tan outside in late spring/all summer/early fall as any Americans? Especially in summer. 80s/90s/100s and blue. It's also less oppressive than summer in the south, so folks stay outdoors.

It's easy to recall how, as a teen, by June, my complexion looked like a freshly Valspar-stained wood deck. Dark like brown eyes. Just from swimming, biking and roller hockey.


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Re: College World Series
« Reply #92 on: June 24, 2019, 10:56:17 PM »
Michigan takes game one, 7-4. At times, Henry was a magician. As he's been all tourney.

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #93 on: June 24, 2019, 11:33:09 PM »
Michigan takes game one, 7-4. At times, Henry was a magician. As he's been all tourney.
I wonder how much money he lost by the draft not being after the postseason

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #94 on: June 25, 2019, 12:29:34 AM »
Henry and Kaufman both went in the second round. It'd be hard for me to say that either deserved much better money without being sure there were 20+ reaches who went ahead of him. Maybe you feel the same. Either way, Tommy keeps exceeding my expectations.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #95 on: June 25, 2019, 01:53:45 AM »
Great game!!! We'll see what happens tomorrow....
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #96 on: June 25, 2019, 08:51:31 AM »
Henry and Kaufman both went in the second round. It'd be hard for me to say that either deserved much better money without being sure there were 20+ reaches who went ahead of him. Maybe you feel the same. Either way, Tommy keeps exceeding my expectations.
Yeah, but wasn't he in the 70s?  In what was called a historically weak pitchers draft?  I have to think he'd shoot way up.  Granted, unless you shoot up to the very top, you simply aren't going to make much money off your draft slot, so maybe it doesn't really matter.

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #97 on: June 25, 2019, 05:37:29 PM »
This series has shined a light on a bit of a comical divide within Buckeye Nation. 

Those of us over 35 are rooting against the Wolverines, while all of the youngsters are rooting against the SEC. 
1919, 20, 21, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 44
WWH: 1952, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75
1979, 81, 82, 84, 87, 94, 98
2001, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

 

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